Over the years, a lot of money was spent here and there, and there was only about 800 yuan left. However, Tian Yuan and Tian Tian brought back a lot of money, and in the end there was nearly 900 yuan, which was enough to build a house.
Lin Meiyu gritted her teeth and said, "You don't have to pay for this. How can we use you to pay for building a house? The money in our parents' hands is enough, so you can just go to work steadily and peacefully!"
Tian Tian didn't say anything after hearing this. Even if she told Lin Meiyu now, Lin Meiyu would not change her mind. It would be better for her to agree to Lin Meiyu first.
By then, she will quietly give some subsidies to Lin Meiyu and the others, and then Lin Meiyu’s resistance will not be as strong as it is now.
The matter of building a house was settled. At the beginning, Tian Lisong thought it was a good idea to build a house and agreed to build a new house, but because Lin Meiyu disagreed, Tian Lisong did not say anything. Now that Lin Meiyu has agreed, Tian Lisong naturally will not have any objection and there is no need to discuss this matter with him anymore.
However, Lin Meiyu still discussed with Tian Lisong in the evening what their house would look like in the future.
This is related to their living environment for the next few decades. Sometimes it costs a lot of money to build a house. They both care very much about it and asked Grandma Tian to arrange the house and how to build it.
What Tian Tian said does make sense. They also plan to build a few more houses so that the children can live in them when they come back in the future, but the amount of bricks and tiles needed will also increase accordingly.
They planned to build five brick houses, plus a kitchen, which would make six houses in total.
After calculating the area of each house, and then the length, width and height, adding the brick columns and foundation, and excluding the door frames, they figured out that one house would need at least 6,000 bricks, and six houses would need 36,000 bricks. Bricks would always be wasted, so at least 40,000 bricks would have to be set.
At least 20,000 tiles must be prepared.
After calculating the final number, Lin Meiyu and Tian Lisong both gasped. A brick costs two cents now, and forty thousand bricks would cost eight hundred yuan, not to mention the cost of tiles and labor. If the cost of tiles and workers is added, the total would be at least one thousand yuan.
The money they have now is only about 900 yuan. If they want to build a house, they will have to empty their family's savings.
Moreover, after the house was built, it wouldn’t be long before they had to take care of Tian Tian’s affairs, and preparing a meal would definitely cost money.
Tian Lisong looked at the amount on the paper and sighed, "How about we build three tiled houses first? We can't have no money left. We have to buy a dowry for Tian Tian. The Gu family is better off than ours. Although they seem to be kind people now, who knows if they will dislike Tian Tian for being from the countryside in the future?"
"We are from the countryside, so what? Tian Tian has made a lot of progress. She is now a real county town dweller. Why do they look down on Tiantian?" said Old Mrs. Tian, who had been fiddling with the radio nearby.
"If you ask me, his Gu Zhao can't catch up with our Tiantian. Gu Zhao is originally from the city, and the school he went to is better than the school our Tian Tian went to. But now you see there is not much difference between the two of them. If our family background could be half as good as theirs, Tiantian would definitely be even better than she is now!"
"Let's do as Tiantian said and build five big tiled houses at the same time. What Tiantian said makes sense. Tian Yuan has a child now, and Tian Tian is getting married soon. Tian Zhuo looks a little young, but he is in high school now, and maybe he will bring his wife home in two years. Now the house is indeed not big enough. Tian Tian's small house can only sleep two people. Tian Yuan's house is bigger, but he is married now, and we can't just let anyone live in the house. He has to live in it when he comes back. It's okay to stay for a day or two, but Tian Zhuo can't get married in Tian Yuan's house in the future, right?"
"Anyway, the house will be built sooner or later, so we might as well build it now. The more money you spend, the more money you can spend. I still have some money on hand, and I haven't spent much in these years. In addition, Tian Yuan and Tian Tian give me some from time to time, so I can have a few hundred dollars. You can use this money to build the house. This money will be considered as a loan from me to you, and you have to pay it back when the time comes!"
Tian Lisong felt very uncomfortable after listening to this. Most of the money they had now was given by Old Lady Tian. Although Old Lady Tian said that it was the money Tian Tian earned from picking ginseng, they also knew that Old Lady Tian had saved a lot of money.
They also knew that Mrs. Tian had some money in her hands, but this money was all used by Mrs. Tian for her retirement. Mrs. Tian was not happy because she had no money, so they did not think about spending Mrs. Tian's money.
But I didn’t expect that even though they are so old now, they still need Grandma Tian to subsidize them.
They also felt very uncomfortable in their hearts.
"Don't think too much. I'm going to live in the house once it's built. I never thought I'd be able to live in a brick house in my life. I'm already this age, and I want to enjoy myself."
"As for what you are thinking about, Tian Tian's dowry, you don't need to be too stressed. I think our three children are promising, and they didn't ask us to prepare anything for their marriage. Our family is in such a condition. If you ask us to prepare something too expensive, we can't afford it. You can just prepare a quilt according to the normal rural standards, and buy some other things. I have memorized the quilt cover many years in advance, and we can just scrape together some money to buy some cotton when the time comes."
"There is also Tian Zhuo. Although we can't tell what he is capable of now, he is a good student and one of the best in the county. He has a great chance of getting into college. If that's the case, we don't have to worry about it. If he fails, we can arrange a job for him in the commune, and he will be able to live a good life in the future."
Old Mrs. Tian had said so much, so Tian Lisong also said: "Then first, let's borrow some money from mom. After we build this house, we can pay the money back. I will write an IOU and put it in mom's hand later."
"Okay, I'll get you some paper and pen!" Lin Meiyu said as she went back to her room, pulled out a piece of paper from Tian Zhuo's schoolbag, and took out a pen.
Tian Lisong quickly wrote the IOU, but he was a little hesitant about the amount and didn't know how much to write.
Old Mrs. Tian turned around and rummaged through the closet. Finally, she took out a cloth bag and uncovered layer after layer of it. Finally, the money wrapped inside was revealed.
It's a huge pile of money, which looks like a lot.
Old Mrs. Tian counted the money and found that there were more than three hundred yuan in total.
Tian Lisong was surprised. He didn't expect that Old Mrs. Tian had so much money. He thought that a hundred yuan was the maximum she could get.
In fact, the money was given privately by Tian Yuan and Tian Tian. Mrs. Tian did not let the children keep the money for themselves like Tian Lisong and Lin Meiyu did. She felt that since the children gave her the money, it meant that they still had money in their hands and would definitely not let her live hard, so she accepted the money calmly.
If you can't spend it, just save it for them. I didn't expect it would come in handy now.
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